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''March 17th of December 2015''
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The Christmas White Rose
46233 Duchess of Surtherland comes out of March South Yard on 17th of December the 2015 running very late.
This train 'The Christmas White Rose' had had started with West Coast locomotive as the main engine with the steam behide it. It came into the loop in March South yard. The idear then was to to run round the diesel and and put it on the rear for the rest of trip to York, while the steam took water in the yard.
West Coast class 47/57 coming out of March South Yard at March station on the 17th December 2015 to run round the train and go on the rear.
The diesel ran into March station and across the cross over stoped and then headed towards Ely past the South Junction signal box. All was going well. Then it all went pear shaped, the crossover would not work. It then took about a hour to deside what to do.
Some one decided to send the steam locomotive and its train to Peterborough picking up the passengers who had been waiting on a cold morning in December for about an hour on the platform at March station and send the Diesel after it and put it on the rear at Peterborough.
46233 Duchess of Surtherland starts out from March station at long last.
Photo taken from behind the fence.
Freightliner class 70019 at March south yard also on the 17th December 2015
March
March railway station is in the town of March which is in the county of Cambridgeshire in eastern England. The station is 14 miles from Peterborough on the railway line to Ely.
March is in the flat fens, were farming was the main industry till the railway came. The GER railway line ran from
Ely to
March and then to Peterborough is still open.
There was also a line from St Ives and one to Spalding by the now closed GN&GEJR . There was also a line from Wisbech (the track of which is still in place from March to Wisbech but is not joined to the main network. (This lines may well be come a heritage line or even re-open)
At Whitemoor one of Europe biggest freight marshalling yards was built at March. When this had all but closed, a new
NetworkRail Distribution Centre was built on the southern part of the site of of The Old Whitemoor Yard. This was opened in 2004. Whitemoor Prison had been built on the northern part of what was once one of Europe biggest marshalling yards
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